Dave's Down-To-Earth Rock Shop

by Stuart J. Murphy

Book Overview

"Kids, young and old, fall in love with math when they see how real-life and effortless it becomes thanks to these books." --Kimberly D. Mueller, Ed.D., First Grade Teacher, Ashbrook School, Lumberton NJ

Dave's Down-to-Earth Rock Shop is perfect for teaching classifying to second, third, and fourth graders. Josh is the best collector on the block. And now he has something new to collect--rocks! Soon Josh and his best...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064467295
• ISBN13: 9780064467292
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 9.9" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5

Customer Reviews

Dave's Down-to-Earth Rock Shop

I purchased this book for my 7 year old grandson and he loved it. He and his younger sister have a beginning rock collection, just like the kids in the book. They like to sort things by type, too, so they really enjoyed the story. Since we live in the Chicago suburbs, we are planning a trip to Dave's Down-to-Earth Rock Shop in Evanston.

A Good Combonation of Math and Literature

This book by Stuart Murphy is a good introductory lesson to sorting and classifying. My second grade students loved this book because they could go outside, collect a lot of rocks and classify them like the characters in the story. It's easy to tie in skills like creating and reading graphs too. There is some helpful information for parents/tutors/etc. in the back on how to get the most from this story. The illustrations were fairly basic, but enjoyable, and I look forward to sharing this book with other groups of students.